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Population (year 2000): 5,868. Estimated
population in July 2005: 5,649 (-3.7% change)
Males: 2,775 (47.3%), Females: 3,093 (52.7%)
Stephens County
Zip code:
76424
Median resident age: 34.5 years
Median household income: $28,697 (year 2000)
Median house value: $37,000 (year 2000)
Races in Breckenridge:
- White Non-Hispanic (75.7%)
- Hispanic (20.6%)
- Other race (11.3%)
- Black (2.2%)
- Two or more races (1.8%)
- American Indian (0.8%)
(Total can be greater than 100% because Hispanics
could be counted in other races)
Ancestries: United States (13.6%), Irish
(10.5%), German (8.6%), English (8.2%), Dutch (2.5%), French
(2.2%).
Elevation: 1202 feet
Land area: 4.2 square miles
For population 25 years and over in Breckenridge
- High school or higher: 67.6%
- Bachelor's degree or higher: 12.4%
- Graduate or professional degree: 4.2%
- Unemployed: 4.5%
- Mean travel time to work: 17.0 minutes
For population 15
years and over in Breckenridge city
- Never married: 17.4%
- Now married: 57.2%
- Separated: 3.5%
- Widowed: 7.5%
- Divorced: 14.5%
10.4% Foreign born (9.3% Latin America).
Population change in the 1990s: +238 (+4.2%).
Hospital/medical center in Breckenridge:
- STEPHENS MEMORIAL HOSPITAL (200 SOUTH GENEVA)
Other hospitals/medical centers near Breckenridge:
- EASTLAND MEMORIAL HOSPITAL (about 26 miles;
EASTLAND, TX)
- GRAHAM REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER (about 31 miles;
GRAHAM, TX)
- THROCKMORTON COUNTY MEM HOSPITAL (about 35 miles;
THROCKMORTON, TX)
Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to
Breckenridge:
- ABILENE REGIONAL (about 59 miles; ABILENE, TX; ID:
ABI)
- DYESS AFB (about 70 miles; ABILENE, TX; ID: DYS)
- SHEPPARD AFB/WICHITA FALLS MUNI (about 90 miles;
WICHITA FALLS, TX; ID: SPS)
Other public-use airports nearest to Breckenridge:
- STEPHENS COUNTY (about 4 miles; BRECKENRIDGE, TX;
ID: BKD)
- CISCO MUNI (about 25 miles; CISCO, TX; ID: 3F2)
- ALBANY MUNI (about 26 miles; ALBANY, TX; ID: T23)
Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to
Breckenridge:
- ABILENE CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY (about 60 miles;
ABILENE, TX; Full-time enrollment: 4,380)
- HARDIN-SIMMONS UNIVERSITY (about 61 miles; Abilene,
TX; FT enrollment: 2,026)
- TARLETON STATE UNIVERSITY (about 61 miles;
STEPHENVILLE, TX; FT enrollment: 6,068)
- MIDWESTERN STATE UNIVERSITY (about 80 miles; WICHITA
FALLS, TX; FT enrollment: 4,619)
- TARRANT COUNTY COLLEGE (about 109 miles; FT WORTH,
TX; FT enrollment: 15,454)
- TEXAS CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY (about 112 miles; FT
WORTH, TX; FT enrollment: 7,032)
- SOUTHWESTERN BAPTIST THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY (about 112
miles; FT WORTH, TX; FT enrollment: 2,253)
Public high school in Breckenridge:
- BRECKENRIDGE H S (Students: 461; Location:
500 W LINDSEY ST; Grades: 09 - 12)
Public primary/middle schools in Breckenridge:
- SOUTH EL (Students: 359; Location: 1001 W
ELLIOTT ST; Grades: 04 - 06)
- EAST EL (Students: 318; Location: 1310 E ELM
ST; Grades: PK - 01)
- BRECKENRIDGE J H (Students: 239; Location:
502 W LINDSEY ST; Grades: 07 - 08)
- NORTH EL (Students: 220; Location: 300 W 7TH
ST; Grades: 02 - 03)
- BRECKENRIDGE ALTER (Students: 1; Location:
208 N MILLER; Grades: 01 - 12)
Library in Breckenridge:
- BRECKENRIDGE PUBLIC LIBRARY (Operating
income: $80,470; Location: 209 N BRECKENRIDGE AVE;
17,639 books; 682 audio materials; 56 video materials;
27 serial subscriptions)
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